Wagner Group fighters, who had occupied the Russian military headquarters in Rostov, southwestern Russia since the morning, began leaving the site in the evening, an AFP journalist noted.
🚨BREAKING: THE COUP IS OVER | Wagner’s retreat
This official statement by Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group and leader of this coup, says it all. I don’t think anyone expected this:
“They wanted to dismantle PMC Wagner. We came out on June 23rd to March… pic.twitter.com/5o1giHjypx
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 24, 2023
According to this journalist, Yevgeny Prigoyine’s men left in minibuses while the deployed tanks had not yet moved.
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